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the carolina watchman salisbury n g june 6 1878 vol ix.--third series no 33 a letter from dextox prom hi denton monitor l following is an extract from a let rf written by a lady of denton to a friend nui'tli carolina and handed us for , r<1,'li';l,i,'n denton april 28 1878 mc i k ''â€¢â€¢' ' il most acceptable news i can write notwithstanding mv beige of home v-k '..,, i that tb climate of denton par . ( iv agrees with my health it has not been bo uo.nl for several year and during the short time i have been heie have gnined perceivably in flesh an ther comfort i will add is tbat i every iv become more contented and pleased irith the place aud doubt not that 1 will j the inn iÂ«>t time imaginable become a gteat admirer of the state almost every in i tlml something new to admire lljie eveiy thing with me i.s like a new leaf in the book of fife travel any di rection vou may from denton and in a short time you uill strike the prairie mid vim can go for miles and miles through !, 7t level country mosi of which is said to be exceedingly fertile and without the l,,,_.t obstruction in the way ibe land , ap - have all the diversity nnd beauty that vegetation und the graceful waving jnisscan impart yet il is monotonous from the total absence of mountains or hills t e who has been accustomed mid associated frÂ«m childhood t greeu bills and groves everything either by khiiibhiiice oi contrast reminds me of dome my dear dear sweet home nestled mining the loft mountains of my native state the history of which i linked with golden memories ami when i think ofj the v and hawthorn blossoms which j bed their perfume uloug the walks of my childhood's home aud the graceful undu lation of bill and valley i yearn in the depth of ni innermost soul for the sight of them once moie a diminutive hill or mountain a some call it nearest is seven miles soulh of towu it is the only one t to relieve the great level as a compen sation for the want of hill and peak ll e prairie is superbly furnished with flowers nf eveiy variety some of which are more handsome and beautiful than any of the i-il plants that fill your pots or green bouses vou can tind varieties of roses i lilies sweet williams chrisanthemitius mid cactuses without number neither arc thej the prairies barren of fruits denton i have im cii told has a unci 1 1 u - mi supply of many kinds peaches i hear are very line apples not so abun dant i'lums of eveiy variety and flavor and iu size almost incredible to believe and grapes to perfection merries not so plentiful and uo blackberries but those cultivated in gardens and strawberries 1 don't know that there aro any iu the place since my last lo you 1 have en joyed the privilege of hearing the several 'â– ministers who have churches here the itev mr l'inipton pastor of lhe < in is tiau church is very pleasing in his dis courses uud withoul any vissible efforts claims the attention of his congregation mr grafton the i't'esbyterian cumber laud seems to be a man of deep piety and ihe wise instruction which falls from his lips cannot be misunderstood or heard with indifference mr meecbam the bap tist minister whom i heard yesterday is v â– :;. pleasing in his st le ami speaks with much earnestness in the evening ofthe kami day he addressed a full house on tem pe ranee ami his rebuke upon the per verted taste of man was char and concise plainly bhowing that the strongest in body or inind are enervated by the evil habit aud the indulgence of which will close againsl him the gate to ill earthly glory and obstruct his pathway to hea ven if i were gifted with the creative power of my friend t lv i i would give you a description of our yesterday trip to the country which would equal the mlaek mountain exclusion monday morning we left denton our parly consisted of four gentlemen three ladies two children and om servant our programme was to upend the day prospecting so we took it leisurely stop ing occasionally to obtain information of the country or to rest about twelve or one we halted fordinner a i'm was kindled and the buffalo broiled nn sharpened slick the cloth was spread upon the grass and the contents of our lunch basket placed before us when all received ample justice from ou r sharp ened appetites and quite ueai our place t rest was a precious gift trom god und familiar to my eyes a mountain spring of cold soft water and to some of us was hke the answer lo hagar's prayer often we bad rested and partook of the line sweet water to our hearts content the horses were brought into requisition and off wc started and scarcely had wc home ward turned win u in attempting lo stride a ditch the wheels uuforseeu went into it tun ng ns most unexpectedly over pro ducing i assure you from my own ev pericuce a most stunning effect upon the mind when all were sufficiently restor ed to stand upon our feet with distended eyes aud faces white as chalk interroga ieti to this aud that one an you hurt when it was ascertained that no one was injured we expressed our thanks of grate fulness for the fortunate escape of all the remainder of the trip was safe and harmonious i iccasioually we would have t halt in a strait l.eiw ixttwo us to wliich road to take some times going twice or tunc times around the same farm before getting to the main mad finally about sunset we arrived in sight of the city reaching there just in time for supper and iu an excellent frame of mind and body to enjoy the substantial set before us your friend a b â€” â– â– â€¢**.*-â– â– an anonymous i.etttr i'erhaps of all the actions into which the evil passions of humanity are led there is none nion base ban that of writing an aiiom moils letter it is a moral assassination committed by a masked murderer a lie n ithout an author the mean-spirited act of the disreputable coward in whose heart gall has replaced the wholesome blood and whose malice jealousy and revenge vent themselves in slander 1 would as soon trust my purse with a thief my friendship with the hang man my name with a coquette taken eerpt nl in u hand or a liar to my bean ! as hold communion of love i'rii udship or ' interest with the despicable writer ol au nuouyruons letter pierce jeff davis recovers his own from tiie new orleans picayune we bear with much sattafactiou that the conrt of appeals of mississppi has within a few days past rendered on a rehearring a final judgment in favor of our honored friend jefferson davis res toring to him in full title aud interest his fine plantation of l>riera_ield warren county miss the history ofthe liter gat ion which had this happy conclusion is of an interesting and even romantic character briersfield and hurricane plantations now constituting the whole island produced by a cut-oil of the mis sissippi river is a magnificent domain which was acquired more than fifty years ago jay mr joseph e davis the older brother of jeft'.rsou davis and for a long time was cultivated with great profit mr joseph e davis was a gentleman of great sagacity strong sense and enter prise and became one of the wealthiest anil most influential citizens ot missis sippi when his brother jeff married the daughter of gen taylor aud resign ed his commission in the army joseph e davis invited his brother to come to mississippi and cuter upon the life of a cotton planter mr jefferson davis ac cepted tbe invitation and took possession of r.riersficltl which he cultivated success fully for many years despite his long withdrawl from the care of this estate mr davis with the aid of the ener getic and intelligent present wife mana ged to administer his plantation so as to acquire i competence and reimburse his brother tlu full value of the place still the formal title to the plantation remain ed in mr jos e davis when the war broke out mr jos davis held the prop city beyond the reach ofthe federal gov ernment and when the president of tbe defeated confederacy became a pris oner at fortress monroe mr jos davis made a sale of his whole estate to his long chief manager a colored man nam ed montgomery for 300,000 payable on long time with interest at the rate of 0 percent mr jos davis then made a complicated and abstruse will he was a verv old man dying shortly after at the ago of eighty-four his will recognized mr jeff davis1 children as legatees for the sum of eighty thousand dollars to be collected by trustees of whom mr jeff davis was one and to be paid to his children when they attained majority the balance of his estate was bequeathed to his mr jos e davi's natural chil dren or grandchildren as mr jeff davis youngest child is but fourteen a long time would claspc before anything could be realized from this bequest and as mr jos e davis had left evidence lhat his brother had paid the lull value of the estate mr jell davis finally with much reluctance on account of his great love of and respect for the memory of bis brother yielded lo the urgent advice of his relatives and friendsand institu ted suit to reclaim and re-establish his liile in the property all honest and good men will rejoice that this patriotic and noble gentleman and veteran has succeeded in his suit and that his de clining years will thus be soothed and defended from the cares and humil iation of poverty and dependence a little scrap of history never told u i ls,:uc times when sherman's army was just enter ing l.nlcigh and johnston's army was passing through several old gentlemen of ibe lirst prominence and station be sieged governor vance iu his oiiice and besought bim to surrender to sherman ihe keys ot office and thus virtually co end the war now a few days before this vance had made a talk to the boys in gray at sin itli field and told them that so long as a norlh carolina soldier carried a musket be should stick to ihem as the governor of the state well as john ston's army tiled through the city the gal lant hoke's division brought up the rear and ieu hoke catching the news that efforts were then being made to have vance surrender to sherman he didn't like it a bit : he would rather risk the chances of a lead bullet in his stomach i nan any such news as that so the true and the chivalrous soldier halted the best picked company in his command and stationing them at the capitol square lie stepped iu to see gov vance on the subject determined if the worst had to come to capture vauce and all the old men and cany them oft with the soldiers before lhe state by the civil authorities should be surrendered to sherman as hoke entered he sai.l : vance you said at smithficld that as long as a north carolina soldier carried a gun you should stick to tin government now come and look out here and ho motioned vance to the window on hillsboro street down which his splendid division was then tramping i'he nervous old gentlemen wm then huddled together into one cor ner of the oiiice vance promptly re plied : general i'll be with you to-night ami sure enough he kept his word that night he marched into camp and entering the general's tent in rough mountain boy style he began to uushnck his breeches and lo the unanimous cry of governor wc are glad to see yon he only respon ded boys are any ol wheeler's cavalry â– around here 7 if they are l'li sleep with my breeches uuiler my head but if they ain't i'll put trliem on this stool aud suiting the action to the word he was soon stretched out fast asleep sticking to the remnant of government that still car ried a gun â– â– â– to the chairman of the hoard of commis sioners ofthe county of the attention of your board is called to the provision of section 2 chapter ii of an act ofthe general assembly rati fied february 11th 1867 entitled act to transfer the laud scrip given by the united states to the state of north caro lina authorizing each county to send a studeut to the university free of char ges for tution and room rent ou the fol lowing conditions 1st that he be a native ofthe state 2d that he be a resident ofthe county by wliich he is seut 3d that he be of good moral charac ter 4th that he be of good capacity for usefulness 5 til that he be without the requisite means to defray the necessary expenses of education 6th that he be prepared for admission into one ofthe classes of the university it will be noticed that the appointee must be prepared to defray all expenses except tuition and room rent it is earnestly requested that care shall be taken to appoint no one who is real ly able to pay all expenses as otherwise he may take the place of one better en titled uuder the law if any meritorious young man shall de sire admission into the university who cannot pay his tuition and room rent and is unable to obtain the county appoint ment he should make application for ad mission directly to the faculty who will be as heretofore liberal as the means of tho university will allow by section 4 of said act it will be seen that those wishing to study tho branches related to agriculture anil the mechanic arts may be admitted into the univer sity without standing an examination in latin and greek such poisons shall sustain an approved examination in arithmetic geography ami grammar it is very important that all students shall join the university at the beginning of the session viz the lust thursday in august of each year but the faculty will admit them at later periods if they arc properly qnalified very respectfully k p battle president extracts from tiik proceed ings of the state medical society hoard of medical examiners dr satchwell moved that the society proceed to the election by ballot of the state board of medical examiners as the term of the present board had expired by law he accompanied his motion with some forcible remarks on the importance of the board as a most valuable auxiliary in the great cause of medical improve ment and reform in the state and its assis tance in the needed works of a higher stan dard of qualifications on the part of those turned loose annually as doctors upon the community ; having for six years been a member of the board he knew something of its arduous labors and res ponsibilities and was opposed to the election of any one as a member who was not known to possess a high personal and professional character the members should be selected from every section of the state he nominated the following ticket which was duly elected : drs t f wood ii k balnison t d haigh g l kirby p e hines joseph graham and ii ii hicks the chairman of the enmmitte on cre dentials stated that applications were frequently made for membership by per sons not present at the meeting he in formed the friends of all such that it is essential that the applicants be present to sign the constitution and by-laws board ol examiners the board of medical examiners for the state at large composed of drs c j otlagau g a foote w a b norcom c t murphy r l payne and c dully aro now in session thero are many applicants present for examination to obtain certificates of com petency as the law now stands no man can legally practice medicine in the state or collect his foes unless he has obtained his certificate from the board we un derstand that the medical society is tak ing steps to bring the matter prominent ly before the people in order that they may know who are dodging the examina tions and thereby guard themselves against iinposters it will be well for executors and administrators in the set tlement of estates to ask the doctor who presents his bill to show his certifi cate we understand that the present board has given general satisfaction and is compos id of some ofthe ablest medical gentlemen gold hill x c is traded to an en glish party for 100,000 on condition that iu ninety days it can be pumped to the fi foot level arid fifty tous per day cau be delivered at a cost of 85 per ton far east journalism some friend has handed into the tele graph herald sanctum a copy of the car olina watchman printed at salisbury in the old north state and a lively hand some paper it is it is highly interesting to compare the advertisements locals etc with our owu iu the mining towns of the far north one gentleman exposes every thing for sale from a bale of cotton to a chicken give him a poem danyel an other keeps fertilizers â€” whatever they are â€” and patent cow-milkers the laud lord of a hotel nt some celebrated springs will board black hillers about four dol lars cheaper per week thau they can ob tain tbe same for by remaining here at home dowu there also hey keep watch es for three dollars ievi_vers for two and a half and cigars for four cents apiece while we pay three hundred up here for a respectable ticker about thirty for a hand some colt's navy and anywhere from twenty-five cents to half a dollar for our cigars then too think of eggs at ten cents a dozen and potatoes and onions at ! six bits per bushel instead of six dollars as with us cherries and strawberies are thick tliere also but now we have struck the genuine american bond of sympathy they're going to have an election and the candidates are out in the columns of the watchman with grave insinuations aud reflections upon the characters of their op â– ponents one candidate wants to go to j the legislature because he is a farmer it's | lucky for him he isn't here a correspon dent clamors loudly for a dog law and the restoration of the whipping post ; but now conies the querest one of all iu the com munication from the worthy candidate for , sheri if who seems to be engaged in some , kind of merchandizing his article claims ! that rotation in oiiice is necessary ap l peals to the intelligence and integrity of i the people and in another place solemnly warns his constituents to beware of old seeds how different they are from us we of course like the rotation part providing we are among the outs but i up here tliere is no need of telling the boys to be ou their guard against epecanious : persons of doubtful reputation we al j ways and invariably beware of old seeds j iu the black hills â€” telegraph-herald i dakota ter'v --*â€¢-â– - -. r â€” â€” our xcic office to-day the lead city oiiice of the tel egraph-herald will be removed to its new quarters in the second story of boyer jc marshall's new building ou mill street just below main the new office will be supplied with all the latest conveniences for both editor and typos the lighting editor's office will be supplied with a dead-fall and a masked battery of gut tling guns the whole so arranged and connected by electric wires that the vis its of bad men will be welcomed rather than dreaded the stairs leading to the sanctum will be so arranged that upon the approach ofa creditor they the stairs can be swung on top of the roof making access to the oflice impossible and the humiliating acknowledgement that our bank acoiint is overdrawn unnecessary â€” iu fact she will be the boss â€” teleyraph i lea rid our mining reporter strolled over to the north of the hidden treasure and fairview mines yesterday to the may shober lode this mine is on the main gold belt of the hills and there is little doubt of its being a bonanza for messrs hall hubbell and delong the lucky own ers the test run spoken of in a recent number of the telegraph lie raid yielded at the rate of 16 por ton as tliere is something like eight or ten thousand tons of the ore already in sight we leave it to the arithmeticians to figure what it is worth â€” tcleyrttp herald â€” yesterday morning when our reporter arose from his imported french comb and gently parted the damask curtains which ornament the bay-window of his chamber gazed out upon the snow-covered hills he wished he bad omitted that article yesterday about the green garden stuff â€” telegraph herald the sinner's hope the spider weaves her web with care hanging it up and running across so persevering till a fine canopy is completed when along conies the house-wife and with a stroke of a broom itself and its labor perishes the spider weaves his own winding sheet such is an emblem of the sinner's hope â€” boives what physicians con do there is perhaps nothing more power ful in the way of an argument against the use of any article than that it is in jurious to the health more especially if such an opinion comes from a medical man in public and iu private the phy sician doubtless cau do much good in framing opinion in such directions and can very effectually supplement the labors of temperance lecturers and reformers generally that he often neglects this duty is evident to every one in fact not a few physicians by the loose prac tice of prescribing alcoholic drinks ac tually create iu their patie.its a habit of | strong iliink which in too many cases i.i beyond control medical record railroad items the trip from salisbury to henry is row made in one and a half hours quick er than it was before the recent change of schedule this causes the trains to run faster and to consume less time at sta tions mr gates the master mechanic has recently turned outa newly fitted upcoach it now has much the appearance of au entirely new one the improvements made on it while in the shops are very noticeable it is attached to capt mur phy's train the work on the mountains moves bravely on the steel rails sampson bar for six miles of tract have arrived aud are now being placed in position these rails will make quite a difference in the trains being much better than those on the old bed the rail road officials arc now making arrangements to have tbe road l>ed chang ed so as to run by newton instead of having a branch road from conover to that place as it is now the convicts now at work on the chester and lenoir nar row guage will be transferred to this road and work will begin on the contemplated change about the first of june this change will require the building of only a few miles of new road and will be quite au improvement over the present arrange ment this change will be heartily wel comed by the people of newton and will meet the approbation of the citizens of the county at large and the traveling pub lic generally mr gates the master machinest re cently gathered up all the old rails and useless irons along the road and shipped them to richmond va in exchange for new wheels and trucks for the frieght cars this is an act of economy which should be appreciated by the company thus the rolling stock is kept in condi tion merely by gathering np and selling the old irons and rails which would other wise be eaten up by tost piedmont press a new cereal discovered from the ventura free tress we have been shown a new grain dis covered about four years ago by a farmer in surprise valley iu the northern part of california taken from the crop of a wild goose which had been shot by the farmer he sowed the seed immediately alter it was taken from the gainer of the bird's crop and it produced more than a hundred fold mr meritbew a farmer of ibis country being on a visit to surprise valley obtained some few seeds of the new grain and succeeded in propagating it with wonderful success on his farm in butte county the straw and beardless head resemble wheat the grain looks a little like rye but is twice as large as rye â€” when cut as it is passing into the milk it makes a hay even superior to wheat hay mr meritbew has on hand several tons of hay from this new variety of grain and perhaps five bushels of its seed he gave about two quarts of the seed to one ofour citizens lately visiting butte county who was struck with the wonderful beauty of this new cereal and brought it to southern california for pro pagation thomas r bard has taken the seed and proposes to give it a thorough test upon the rich alluvial lands of the colonia rancho near the sea-shore it could not have fallen into the bauds of a more intelligent and painstaking cultiva tor it appears to us every way superior to rye and may prove to be of great util ity as it is a fine grower aud very produc tive no occupation a grave mis ta k e we recently read a sad letter from an ambitious young man he had been un fortunate in some respects but life lay before him and he was ambitions he had experienced however a double mis fortue iii this world in which tliere is so much to do from not knowing how to do anything my father he wrote did not think it worth while for me to learn any trade or business he had been thrown on his own resources and al though now a man in stature and years he was a mere infant in his capacity to earn a living how awkward what a misfortune vet such cases frequently come under our observation ; and they lead us to look upou the culpability as very great of any parent who brings up a son without having him practically and thoroughly instructed in someway of earning an honest living every man should have some profession or trade : should know how to do something then whether he steadfastly pursues it or not he at least has an occupation to which in an emergency he may resort for the support of himself and others who may be dependent upon him a practical know-nothing is greatly to be pitied in this practical world new york ledger if mr hayes feels that he was fairly entitled to the votes of louisiana and flo rida there is no reason why he should complain that his friends are willing to have light thrown upon all the dark cor ners men with clean hands do not ordi narily meet a demand of investigation iu this way if there was a perfectly square name in the south why not let tbe fact be established and settle the matter at once and forever ?â€” phila tines ind thk late hon william \ gra-i ham this distinguished gentleman was prom i ment before the country for many years as i s senator from the state of north carolina as secretary of the naw and more recently as oue of tbe commission i ers for maryland to settle the question of ! the disputed boundary between the states | of virginia and maryland it will there fore interest many ofour readers to know hatthefaniilyofthedistinguisheddeceas.d will soon cause to be erected to his memory a suitable memorial of his eventful life ; exalted character and distinguished scrvi , ces it will be in the form ofa monument a shaft of rhode island granite resting j upon a pediment of the same material upon which will be cut appropriate in scriptions the whole is to bo twenty - one feet high and it will 1 placed in the cemetery of the presbyterian church in hillsborough it is expected that the monument will reach hillsborough some time iu jime.â€”baltimorian wife what do yon think the beauti ful word wife comes from ? it is the great word iu which the english and la tin langages conquered the french and greek i hope the french will some day get a word for it instead of that dreadful word femme but what do you think it conies from ? the great value of the saxon words is that they mean something wife means weaver you must either be housewives or house-moths renminbi r that in the deep sense you must either weave men's fortunes and embroider them or feed upon them and bring them to decay wherever a true wife conies home is always around her the stars may be over her head : the glow worm in the night-cold grass may be tin fire at her foot : bat home is where she is ' and for a noble woman it stretches far ! around her better than houses ceiled with j cedar or painted with verm ill ion shed ding its qniet light far for those who else are homeless this i believe to be the woman's true place and power â€” ruthin lighting a room by its wall paper referring to the suggestion made iu ger many that wall paper could be coated with oxalate of copper which appears lighter as the room grows darker and rite rersa the manufacturer and builder advances the idea that a room might 1 made temporarily 6clf-lumiiions by shut ; : lar means there are several salts which absorb light exposed to it and give it out afterwards among these are the sul phides of barium and strontium and cer tain coal-tar extracts of the anthracene series the best way to produce the effect would be to employ a powerful electric light in the room for a short time until the wall paper has acquired its phosphor escent power and then cut oft the elec tricity and admit visitors into the room anything more weird than such an apart ment is scarcely conceivable and the ex periment would not be exceedingly costly it might be employed with surprising effect in the initiation performances of a secret society some physiological facts â€” prof garrod in a recent lecture brought into promin ence some well-known physiological facts which deserve more attention than they usually receive iu expiration the car bonic acid is thrown to a considerable dis tance from the nostrils and is conse quently not taken back by the next in spiration if at night however the bed clothes happen to fall over the face the current of carbonic acid is obstructed and is inhaled again and again producing mis eheivous effects air should not enter the lungs at a temperature much below that of the blood and the habit of breathing through the nose in cold weather should be cultivated the protoplasmatic vital ity ofthe body led in the opinion of tlic professor to the oxidation of pabulum supplied and the formation of carbonic acid jnst th same as muscular work death from studying nineteen hours a day templeton writes to the hartford intrant the death of the harvard university student waters is a sad affair and will be likely to cast a gloom over the coining class day waters was a young man of intense ambition to excel in scholarship and finally developed a mania for studying that he might keep his place in the senior class he is said to have worked in this way nineteen hours without cessation either for eating or bleep it brought on insanity and he was sent to the hospital at worcester where he lived less than a week he had been already elected poet of the class russian agents in the philadelphia ship yards philadelphia may 25 six accredit ed agents of the russian govern ment reached this city from new york late thursday night and are now occupying the best rooms ai i'ir s hotel tiny are accompanied by interpreters as tbey do not speak english they visited grams shipyard to-day and inspected the prepai - ations on the state of california ami the columbus it i said they will visit ! roach's ship yard at chester to-mot-rov . thev keep very qui â€¢; and refuse to talk j or allow :!.â€¢ interpreters to say a word tragic deeds of a desperate lori -. mexdota i i.i may 27 news reached here of an atrocious muiu i rom mitted at arlington a bmall to â€¢â€¢ n neju this place on sunday * lai < arney i young man who had h . ., refused i . . mission to visit miss cnllenbiufc a j i lady ofhisacqnaiutance wenttoherroom last evening c it her tin oat with a razor and hot her with a revolvd r being met by mr ai.d mr culleubine on his way down stairs he shot the father i.i thf hip and cut mrs culleubine severely with a butcher-knife then rushing out into the yard he drew a razor across bis throat several times and expired almost instantly the young lady lived bnt .. few minutes but the parents though severely are not fatally hint one ahead â€” a number of hays were playing in front ofa chinese wash-house when john came out and ordered them away and took hold of one who didn't want to go you're a heathen ." yelled tlic boy me samee yon have alle mclican holidays replied john you kin jiue in with new ye tr's i r.p yer stocking on christmas and t 11 the pcrseshion on fourth of july but when it conies to april fool you've got to stand way back in the woods and not mix in we're one ahead of you old pig tail and i'll get even for this shaking up :" democratic eeconomy iu the house wash special to ki r disbatch i to-day mr mahood who is the efficient head of the stationary department of the house contract id for 3,-100 worth of wraping-paperaud speech envelopes foi the foldiug-room coder i publican ad ministration the house foldiug-room cost 40,000 per s ssiou and uow it is run for 15,000 while the officers of tlic 11 sa do not now require the xpenditun of one third as much for stationary etc as was used by the officers of the ho usi when the republicans controlled it choict of infidels a couple of infidels were standi ug together on the deck of a vessel as she glided past a desolate island of the sea one said to the other sup pose you were condemned to live upon that island aloin , and had the choice of but oue book for your companion what book of all looks would \ ou choose *." the otherreplied i wouldseleet shakspeare because of the variety of hi themes.'1 weil rejoined the other although i do not believe the bible vet 1 would choose i fornix companion '".- iht iti is an cndlcxs book:*1 awful to contemplate a man more than half-sea over was observi 1 one day supporting the parapet ol the north bridge edinburgh shaking his head and repeating to himsi ll sadly : it must be done it must bed an old lady passing by thiuking he contemplated suicide said t him : what must lie bono my man .'" must go home and face nn wife was the woi t'ui answi r1 tn l'i;i i m iiii 11 tin 1 vll-ix . pour a wine-glassful of dry table - upon a sheet ol paper while the !.. i dry dip a metalie hair-brnsli or a bristle hair-brush into th salt rubbing it into the root of the hair appl daily until the hair ceas s to fall then discoi nc alum water will check the fall of hair that has become a tu rated and tl ed with the ns of oils acting us an as tringent a sti ng decoction of the herb boneset is a ;. a greenhat ( tdf washington may 18 â€” mrs freehman of gasconade coun ty mo while planting com placed a basket containing 70 in greenbacks by the side of ib field a call - rail we tt j_re.nba.-ks it v is immediately butchered and the fragments !â€¢â€¢â€¢ ivered from the stomach wi re to-day r lm ived at the treasury being fonnd all right â– - check was returned forthe full amount - ' ma mil rcgistt r his mother was mending i.i primer wliich showed sad < ids nee of wear and tear he looked on foi awhile in a brown study and then said m like onc of them prize opera singers f i in sure i don't know my child whi .'" lh - cause \ ou are a pi imer-dai m i ." a violin was sold in paris uot long for 5*4,200 and it is said to have been an old one at that what an idiot the man who bought it must h.iv been forty two hundred dollars for an old liiddle when he might ha . â€¢â– bo lit a dozen brand-new oni - foi om hall tlic inone ! the man who advertises i.i new papers to s fid direction th i will < liable .. m i - son to make two bun o .. i - his washer woman for three moutl * washing and was se .. few laysa o tr ing ;.. borrom five dollars to pa board bi a ity . liki t!ic i â€¢â– â– - 'â– -' - soon fades butthe divim excel leuce oi the mind like tin m dii â– . â€¢ â– â– " plaut rem ia in it w hen all t â– _â€¢â€¢:*. chai â€¢'â€¢â€¢* are wit here 1

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the carolina watchman salisbury n g june 6 1878 vol ix.--third series no 33 a letter from dextox prom hi denton monitor l following is an extract from a let rf written by a lady of denton to a friend nui'tli carolina and handed us for , r<1,'li';l,i,'n denton april 28 1878 mc i k ''â€¢â€¢' ' il most acceptable news i can write notwithstanding mv beige of home v-k '..,, i that tb climate of denton par . ( iv agrees with my health it has not been bo uo.nl for several year and during the short time i have been heie have gnined perceivably in flesh an ther comfort i will add is tbat i every iv become more contented and pleased irith the place aud doubt not that 1 will j the inn iÂ«>t time imaginable become a gteat admirer of the state almost every in i tlml something new to admire lljie eveiy thing with me i.s like a new leaf in the book of fife travel any di rection vou may from denton and in a short time you uill strike the prairie mid vim can go for miles and miles through !, 7t level country mosi of which is said to be exceedingly fertile and without the l,,,_.t obstruction in the way ibe land , ap - have all the diversity nnd beauty that vegetation und the graceful waving jnisscan impart yet il is monotonous from the total absence of mountains or hills t e who has been accustomed mid associated frÂ«m childhood t greeu bills and groves everything either by khiiibhiiice oi contrast reminds me of dome my dear dear sweet home nestled mining the loft mountains of my native state the history of which i linked with golden memories ami when i think ofj the v and hawthorn blossoms which j bed their perfume uloug the walks of my childhood's home aud the graceful undu lation of bill and valley i yearn in the depth of ni innermost soul for the sight of them once moie a diminutive hill or mountain a some call it nearest is seven miles soulh of towu it is the only one t to relieve the great level as a compen sation for the want of hill and peak ll e prairie is superbly furnished with flowers nf eveiy variety some of which are more handsome and beautiful than any of the i-il plants that fill your pots or green bouses vou can tind varieties of roses i lilies sweet williams chrisanthemitius mid cactuses without number neither arc thej the prairies barren of fruits denton i have im cii told has a unci 1 1 u - mi supply of many kinds peaches i hear are very line apples not so abun dant i'lums of eveiy variety and flavor and iu size almost incredible to believe and grapes to perfection merries not so plentiful and uo blackberries but those cultivated in gardens and strawberries 1 don't know that there aro any iu the place since my last lo you 1 have en joyed the privilege of hearing the several 'â– ministers who have churches here the itev mr l'inipton pastor of lhe < in is tiau church is very pleasing in his dis courses uud withoul any vissible efforts claims the attention of his congregation mr grafton the i't'esbyterian cumber laud seems to be a man of deep piety and ihe wise instruction which falls from his lips cannot be misunderstood or heard with indifference mr meecbam the bap tist minister whom i heard yesterday is v â– :;. pleasing in his st le ami speaks with much earnestness in the evening ofthe kami day he addressed a full house on tem pe ranee ami his rebuke upon the per verted taste of man was char and concise plainly bhowing that the strongest in body or inind are enervated by the evil habit aud the indulgence of which will close againsl him the gate to ill earthly glory and obstruct his pathway to hea ven if i were gifted with the creative power of my friend t lv i i would give you a description of our yesterday trip to the country which would equal the mlaek mountain exclusion monday morning we left denton our parly consisted of four gentlemen three ladies two children and om servant our programme was to upend the day prospecting so we took it leisurely stop ing occasionally to obtain information of the country or to rest about twelve or one we halted fordinner a i'm was kindled and the buffalo broiled nn sharpened slick the cloth was spread upon the grass and the contents of our lunch basket placed before us when all received ample justice from ou r sharp ened appetites and quite ueai our place t rest was a precious gift trom god und familiar to my eyes a mountain spring of cold soft water and to some of us was hke the answer lo hagar's prayer often we bad rested and partook of the line sweet water to our hearts content the horses were brought into requisition and off wc started and scarcely had wc home ward turned win u in attempting lo stride a ditch the wheels uuforseeu went into it tun ng ns most unexpectedly over pro ducing i assure you from my own ev pericuce a most stunning effect upon the mind when all were sufficiently restor ed to stand upon our feet with distended eyes aud faces white as chalk interroga ieti to this aud that one an you hurt when it was ascertained that no one was injured we expressed our thanks of grate fulness for the fortunate escape of all the remainder of the trip was safe and harmonious i iccasioually we would have t halt in a strait l.eiw ixttwo us to wliich road to take some times going twice or tunc times around the same farm before getting to the main mad finally about sunset we arrived in sight of the city reaching there just in time for supper and iu an excellent frame of mind and body to enjoy the substantial set before us your friend a b â€” â– â– â€¢**.*-â– â– an anonymous i.etttr i'erhaps of all the actions into which the evil passions of humanity are led there is none nion base ban that of writing an aiiom moils letter it is a moral assassination committed by a masked murderer a lie n ithout an author the mean-spirited act of the disreputable coward in whose heart gall has replaced the wholesome blood and whose malice jealousy and revenge vent themselves in slander 1 would as soon trust my purse with a thief my friendship with the hang man my name with a coquette taken eerpt nl in u hand or a liar to my bean ! as hold communion of love i'rii udship or ' interest with the despicable writer ol au nuouyruons letter pierce jeff davis recovers his own from tiie new orleans picayune we bear with much sattafactiou that the conrt of appeals of mississppi has within a few days past rendered on a rehearring a final judgment in favor of our honored friend jefferson davis res toring to him in full title aud interest his fine plantation of l>riera_ield warren county miss the history ofthe liter gat ion which had this happy conclusion is of an interesting and even romantic character briersfield and hurricane plantations now constituting the whole island produced by a cut-oil of the mis sissippi river is a magnificent domain which was acquired more than fifty years ago jay mr joseph e davis the older brother of jeft'.rsou davis and for a long time was cultivated with great profit mr joseph e davis was a gentleman of great sagacity strong sense and enter prise and became one of the wealthiest anil most influential citizens ot missis sippi when his brother jeff married the daughter of gen taylor aud resign ed his commission in the army joseph e davis invited his brother to come to mississippi and cuter upon the life of a cotton planter mr jefferson davis ac cepted tbe invitation and took possession of r.riersficltl which he cultivated success fully for many years despite his long withdrawl from the care of this estate mr davis with the aid of the ener getic and intelligent present wife mana ged to administer his plantation so as to acquire i competence and reimburse his brother tlu full value of the place still the formal title to the plantation remain ed in mr jos e davis when the war broke out mr jos davis held the prop city beyond the reach ofthe federal gov ernment and when the president of tbe defeated confederacy became a pris oner at fortress monroe mr jos davis made a sale of his whole estate to his long chief manager a colored man nam ed montgomery for 300,000 payable on long time with interest at the rate of 0 percent mr jos davis then made a complicated and abstruse will he was a verv old man dying shortly after at the ago of eighty-four his will recognized mr jeff davis1 children as legatees for the sum of eighty thousand dollars to be collected by trustees of whom mr jeff davis was one and to be paid to his children when they attained majority the balance of his estate was bequeathed to his mr jos e davi's natural chil dren or grandchildren as mr jeff davis youngest child is but fourteen a long time would claspc before anything could be realized from this bequest and as mr jos e davis had left evidence lhat his brother had paid the lull value of the estate mr jell davis finally with much reluctance on account of his great love of and respect for the memory of bis brother yielded lo the urgent advice of his relatives and friendsand institu ted suit to reclaim and re-establish his liile in the property all honest and good men will rejoice that this patriotic and noble gentleman and veteran has succeeded in his suit and that his de clining years will thus be soothed and defended from the cares and humil iation of poverty and dependence a little scrap of history never told u i ls,:uc times when sherman's army was just enter ing l.nlcigh and johnston's army was passing through several old gentlemen of ibe lirst prominence and station be sieged governor vance iu his oiiice and besought bim to surrender to sherman ihe keys ot office and thus virtually co end the war now a few days before this vance had made a talk to the boys in gray at sin itli field and told them that so long as a norlh carolina soldier carried a musket be should stick to ihem as the governor of the state well as john ston's army tiled through the city the gal lant hoke's division brought up the rear and ieu hoke catching the news that efforts were then being made to have vance surrender to sherman he didn't like it a bit : he would rather risk the chances of a lead bullet in his stomach i nan any such news as that so the true and the chivalrous soldier halted the best picked company in his command and stationing them at the capitol square lie stepped iu to see gov vance on the subject determined if the worst had to come to capture vauce and all the old men and cany them oft with the soldiers before lhe state by the civil authorities should be surrendered to sherman as hoke entered he sai.l : vance you said at smithficld that as long as a north carolina soldier carried a gun you should stick to tin government now come and look out here and ho motioned vance to the window on hillsboro street down which his splendid division was then tramping i'he nervous old gentlemen wm then huddled together into one cor ner of the oiiice vance promptly re plied : general i'll be with you to-night ami sure enough he kept his word that night he marched into camp and entering the general's tent in rough mountain boy style he began to uushnck his breeches and lo the unanimous cry of governor wc are glad to see yon he only respon ded boys are any ol wheeler's cavalry â– around here 7 if they are l'li sleep with my breeches uuiler my head but if they ain't i'll put trliem on this stool aud suiting the action to the word he was soon stretched out fast asleep sticking to the remnant of government that still car ried a gun â– â– â– to the chairman of the hoard of commis sioners ofthe county of the attention of your board is called to the provision of section 2 chapter ii of an act ofthe general assembly rati fied february 11th 1867 entitled act to transfer the laud scrip given by the united states to the state of north caro lina authorizing each county to send a studeut to the university free of char ges for tution and room rent ou the fol lowing conditions 1st that he be a native ofthe state 2d that he be a resident ofthe county by wliich he is seut 3d that he be of good moral charac ter 4th that he be of good capacity for usefulness 5 til that he be without the requisite means to defray the necessary expenses of education 6th that he be prepared for admission into one ofthe classes of the university it will be noticed that the appointee must be prepared to defray all expenses except tuition and room rent it is earnestly requested that care shall be taken to appoint no one who is real ly able to pay all expenses as otherwise he may take the place of one better en titled uuder the law if any meritorious young man shall de sire admission into the university who cannot pay his tuition and room rent and is unable to obtain the county appoint ment he should make application for ad mission directly to the faculty who will be as heretofore liberal as the means of tho university will allow by section 4 of said act it will be seen that those wishing to study tho branches related to agriculture anil the mechanic arts may be admitted into the univer sity without standing an examination in latin and greek such poisons shall sustain an approved examination in arithmetic geography ami grammar it is very important that all students shall join the university at the beginning of the session viz the lust thursday in august of each year but the faculty will admit them at later periods if they arc properly qnalified very respectfully k p battle president extracts from tiik proceed ings of the state medical society hoard of medical examiners dr satchwell moved that the society proceed to the election by ballot of the state board of medical examiners as the term of the present board had expired by law he accompanied his motion with some forcible remarks on the importance of the board as a most valuable auxiliary in the great cause of medical improve ment and reform in the state and its assis tance in the needed works of a higher stan dard of qualifications on the part of those turned loose annually as doctors upon the community ; having for six years been a member of the board he knew something of its arduous labors and res ponsibilities and was opposed to the election of any one as a member who was not known to possess a high personal and professional character the members should be selected from every section of the state he nominated the following ticket which was duly elected : drs t f wood ii k balnison t d haigh g l kirby p e hines joseph graham and ii ii hicks the chairman of the enmmitte on cre dentials stated that applications were frequently made for membership by per sons not present at the meeting he in formed the friends of all such that it is essential that the applicants be present to sign the constitution and by-laws board ol examiners the board of medical examiners for the state at large composed of drs c j otlagau g a foote w a b norcom c t murphy r l payne and c dully aro now in session thero are many applicants present for examination to obtain certificates of com petency as the law now stands no man can legally practice medicine in the state or collect his foes unless he has obtained his certificate from the board we un derstand that the medical society is tak ing steps to bring the matter prominent ly before the people in order that they may know who are dodging the examina tions and thereby guard themselves against iinposters it will be well for executors and administrators in the set tlement of estates to ask the doctor who presents his bill to show his certifi cate we understand that the present board has given general satisfaction and is compos id of some ofthe ablest medical gentlemen gold hill x c is traded to an en glish party for 100,000 on condition that iu ninety days it can be pumped to the fi foot level arid fifty tous per day cau be delivered at a cost of 85 per ton far east journalism some friend has handed into the tele graph herald sanctum a copy of the car olina watchman printed at salisbury in the old north state and a lively hand some paper it is it is highly interesting to compare the advertisements locals etc with our owu iu the mining towns of the far north one gentleman exposes every thing for sale from a bale of cotton to a chicken give him a poem danyel an other keeps fertilizers â€” whatever they are â€” and patent cow-milkers the laud lord of a hotel nt some celebrated springs will board black hillers about four dol lars cheaper per week thau they can ob tain tbe same for by remaining here at home dowu there also hey keep watch es for three dollars ievi_vers for two and a half and cigars for four cents apiece while we pay three hundred up here for a respectable ticker about thirty for a hand some colt's navy and anywhere from twenty-five cents to half a dollar for our cigars then too think of eggs at ten cents a dozen and potatoes and onions at ! six bits per bushel instead of six dollars as with us cherries and strawberies are thick tliere also but now we have struck the genuine american bond of sympathy they're going to have an election and the candidates are out in the columns of the watchman with grave insinuations aud reflections upon the characters of their op â– ponents one candidate wants to go to j the legislature because he is a farmer it's | lucky for him he isn't here a correspon dent clamors loudly for a dog law and the restoration of the whipping post ; but now conies the querest one of all iu the com munication from the worthy candidate for , sheri if who seems to be engaged in some , kind of merchandizing his article claims ! that rotation in oiiice is necessary ap l peals to the intelligence and integrity of i the people and in another place solemnly warns his constituents to beware of old seeds how different they are from us we of course like the rotation part providing we are among the outs but i up here tliere is no need of telling the boys to be ou their guard against epecanious : persons of doubtful reputation we al j ways and invariably beware of old seeds j iu the black hills â€” telegraph-herald i dakota ter'v --*â€¢-â– - -. r â€” â€” our xcic office to-day the lead city oiiice of the tel egraph-herald will be removed to its new quarters in the second story of boyer jc marshall's new building ou mill street just below main the new office will be supplied with all the latest conveniences for both editor and typos the lighting editor's office will be supplied with a dead-fall and a masked battery of gut tling guns the whole so arranged and connected by electric wires that the vis its of bad men will be welcomed rather than dreaded the stairs leading to the sanctum will be so arranged that upon the approach ofa creditor they the stairs can be swung on top of the roof making access to the oflice impossible and the humiliating acknowledgement that our bank acoiint is overdrawn unnecessary â€” iu fact she will be the boss â€” teleyraph i lea rid our mining reporter strolled over to the north of the hidden treasure and fairview mines yesterday to the may shober lode this mine is on the main gold belt of the hills and there is little doubt of its being a bonanza for messrs hall hubbell and delong the lucky own ers the test run spoken of in a recent number of the telegraph lie raid yielded at the rate of 16 por ton as tliere is something like eight or ten thousand tons of the ore already in sight we leave it to the arithmeticians to figure what it is worth â€” tcleyrttp herald â€” yesterday morning when our reporter arose from his imported french comb and gently parted the damask curtains which ornament the bay-window of his chamber gazed out upon the snow-covered hills he wished he bad omitted that article yesterday about the green garden stuff â€” telegraph herald the sinner's hope the spider weaves her web with care hanging it up and running across so persevering till a fine canopy is completed when along conies the house-wife and with a stroke of a broom itself and its labor perishes the spider weaves his own winding sheet such is an emblem of the sinner's hope â€” boives what physicians con do there is perhaps nothing more power ful in the way of an argument against the use of any article than that it is in jurious to the health more especially if such an opinion comes from a medical man in public and iu private the phy sician doubtless cau do much good in framing opinion in such directions and can very effectually supplement the labors of temperance lecturers and reformers generally that he often neglects this duty is evident to every one in fact not a few physicians by the loose prac tice of prescribing alcoholic drinks ac tually create iu their patie.its a habit of | strong iliink which in too many cases i.i beyond control medical record railroad items the trip from salisbury to henry is row made in one and a half hours quick er than it was before the recent change of schedule this causes the trains to run faster and to consume less time at sta tions mr gates the master mechanic has recently turned outa newly fitted upcoach it now has much the appearance of au entirely new one the improvements made on it while in the shops are very noticeable it is attached to capt mur phy's train the work on the mountains moves bravely on the steel rails sampson bar for six miles of tract have arrived aud are now being placed in position these rails will make quite a difference in the trains being much better than those on the old bed the rail road officials arc now making arrangements to have tbe road l>ed chang ed so as to run by newton instead of having a branch road from conover to that place as it is now the convicts now at work on the chester and lenoir nar row guage will be transferred to this road and work will begin on the contemplated change about the first of june this change will require the building of only a few miles of new road and will be quite au improvement over the present arrange ment this change will be heartily wel comed by the people of newton and will meet the approbation of the citizens of the county at large and the traveling pub lic generally mr gates the master machinest re cently gathered up all the old rails and useless irons along the road and shipped them to richmond va in exchange for new wheels and trucks for the frieght cars this is an act of economy which should be appreciated by the company thus the rolling stock is kept in condi tion merely by gathering np and selling the old irons and rails which would other wise be eaten up by tost piedmont press a new cereal discovered from the ventura free tress we have been shown a new grain dis covered about four years ago by a farmer in surprise valley iu the northern part of california taken from the crop of a wild goose which had been shot by the farmer he sowed the seed immediately alter it was taken from the gainer of the bird's crop and it produced more than a hundred fold mr meritbew a farmer of ibis country being on a visit to surprise valley obtained some few seeds of the new grain and succeeded in propagating it with wonderful success on his farm in butte county the straw and beardless head resemble wheat the grain looks a little like rye but is twice as large as rye â€” when cut as it is passing into the milk it makes a hay even superior to wheat hay mr meritbew has on hand several tons of hay from this new variety of grain and perhaps five bushels of its seed he gave about two quarts of the seed to one ofour citizens lately visiting butte county who was struck with the wonderful beauty of this new cereal and brought it to southern california for pro pagation thomas r bard has taken the seed and proposes to give it a thorough test upon the rich alluvial lands of the colonia rancho near the sea-shore it could not have fallen into the bauds of a more intelligent and painstaking cultiva tor it appears to us every way superior to rye and may prove to be of great util ity as it is a fine grower aud very produc tive no occupation a grave mis ta k e we recently read a sad letter from an ambitious young man he had been un fortunate in some respects but life lay before him and he was ambitions he had experienced however a double mis fortue iii this world in which tliere is so much to do from not knowing how to do anything my father he wrote did not think it worth while for me to learn any trade or business he had been thrown on his own resources and al though now a man in stature and years he was a mere infant in his capacity to earn a living how awkward what a misfortune vet such cases frequently come under our observation ; and they lead us to look upou the culpability as very great of any parent who brings up a son without having him practically and thoroughly instructed in someway of earning an honest living every man should have some profession or trade : should know how to do something then whether he steadfastly pursues it or not he at least has an occupation to which in an emergency he may resort for the support of himself and others who may be dependent upon him a practical know-nothing is greatly to be pitied in this practical world new york ledger if mr hayes feels that he was fairly entitled to the votes of louisiana and flo rida there is no reason why he should complain that his friends are willing to have light thrown upon all the dark cor ners men with clean hands do not ordi narily meet a demand of investigation iu this way if there was a perfectly square name in the south why not let tbe fact be established and settle the matter at once and forever ?â€” phila tines ind thk late hon william \ gra-i ham this distinguished gentleman was prom i ment before the country for many years as i s senator from the state of north carolina as secretary of the naw and more recently as oue of tbe commission i ers for maryland to settle the question of ! the disputed boundary between the states | of virginia and maryland it will there fore interest many ofour readers to know hatthefaniilyofthedistinguisheddeceas.d will soon cause to be erected to his memory a suitable memorial of his eventful life ; exalted character and distinguished scrvi , ces it will be in the form ofa monument a shaft of rhode island granite resting j upon a pediment of the same material upon which will be cut appropriate in scriptions the whole is to bo twenty - one feet high and it will 1 placed in the cemetery of the presbyterian church in hillsborough it is expected that the monument will reach hillsborough some time iu jime.â€”baltimorian wife what do yon think the beauti ful word wife comes from ? it is the great word iu which the english and la tin langages conquered the french and greek i hope the french will some day get a word for it instead of that dreadful word femme but what do you think it conies from ? the great value of the saxon words is that they mean something wife means weaver you must either be housewives or house-moths renminbi r that in the deep sense you must either weave men's fortunes and embroider them or feed upon them and bring them to decay wherever a true wife conies home is always around her the stars may be over her head : the glow worm in the night-cold grass may be tin fire at her foot : bat home is where she is ' and for a noble woman it stretches far ! around her better than houses ceiled with j cedar or painted with verm ill ion shed ding its qniet light far for those who else are homeless this i believe to be the woman's true place and power â€” ruthin lighting a room by its wall paper referring to the suggestion made iu ger many that wall paper could be coated with oxalate of copper which appears lighter as the room grows darker and rite rersa the manufacturer and builder advances the idea that a room might 1 made temporarily 6clf-lumiiions by shut ; : lar means there are several salts which absorb light exposed to it and give it out afterwards among these are the sul phides of barium and strontium and cer tain coal-tar extracts of the anthracene series the best way to produce the effect would be to employ a powerful electric light in the room for a short time until the wall paper has acquired its phosphor escent power and then cut oft the elec tricity and admit visitors into the room anything more weird than such an apart ment is scarcely conceivable and the ex periment would not be exceedingly costly it might be employed with surprising effect in the initiation performances of a secret society some physiological facts â€” prof garrod in a recent lecture brought into promin ence some well-known physiological facts which deserve more attention than they usually receive iu expiration the car bonic acid is thrown to a considerable dis tance from the nostrils and is conse quently not taken back by the next in spiration if at night however the bed clothes happen to fall over the face the current of carbonic acid is obstructed and is inhaled again and again producing mis eheivous effects air should not enter the lungs at a temperature much below that of the blood and the habit of breathing through the nose in cold weather should be cultivated the protoplasmatic vital ity ofthe body led in the opinion of tlic professor to the oxidation of pabulum supplied and the formation of carbonic acid jnst th same as muscular work death from studying nineteen hours a day templeton writes to the hartford intrant the death of the harvard university student waters is a sad affair and will be likely to cast a gloom over the coining class day waters was a young man of intense ambition to excel in scholarship and finally developed a mania for studying that he might keep his place in the senior class he is said to have worked in this way nineteen hours without cessation either for eating or bleep it brought on insanity and he was sent to the hospital at worcester where he lived less than a week he had been already elected poet of the class russian agents in the philadelphia ship yards philadelphia may 25 six accredit ed agents of the russian govern ment reached this city from new york late thursday night and are now occupying the best rooms ai i'ir s hotel tiny are accompanied by interpreters as tbey do not speak english they visited grams shipyard to-day and inspected the prepai - ations on the state of california ami the columbus it i said they will visit ! roach's ship yard at chester to-mot-rov . thev keep very qui â€¢; and refuse to talk j or allow :!.â€¢ interpreters to say a word tragic deeds of a desperate lori -. mexdota i i.i may 27 news reached here of an atrocious muiu i rom mitted at arlington a bmall to â€¢â€¢ n neju this place on sunday * lai < arney i young man who had h . ., refused i . . mission to visit miss cnllenbiufc a j i lady ofhisacqnaiutance wenttoherroom last evening c it her tin oat with a razor and hot her with a revolvd r being met by mr ai.d mr culleubine on his way down stairs he shot the father i.i thf hip and cut mrs culleubine severely with a butcher-knife then rushing out into the yard he drew a razor across bis throat several times and expired almost instantly the young lady lived bnt .. few minutes but the parents though severely are not fatally hint one ahead â€” a number of hays were playing in front ofa chinese wash-house when john came out and ordered them away and took hold of one who didn't want to go you're a heathen ." yelled tlic boy me samee yon have alle mclican holidays replied john you kin jiue in with new ye tr's i r.p yer stocking on christmas and t 11 the pcrseshion on fourth of july but when it conies to april fool you've got to stand way back in the woods and not mix in we're one ahead of you old pig tail and i'll get even for this shaking up :" democratic eeconomy iu the house wash special to ki r disbatch i to-day mr mahood who is the efficient head of the stationary department of the house contract id for 3,-100 worth of wraping-paperaud speech envelopes foi the foldiug-room coder i publican ad ministration the house foldiug-room cost 40,000 per s ssiou and uow it is run for 15,000 while the officers of tlic 11 sa do not now require the xpenditun of one third as much for stationary etc as was used by the officers of the ho usi when the republicans controlled it choict of infidels a couple of infidels were standi ug together on the deck of a vessel as she glided past a desolate island of the sea one said to the other sup pose you were condemned to live upon that island aloin , and had the choice of but oue book for your companion what book of all looks would \ ou choose *." the otherreplied i wouldseleet shakspeare because of the variety of hi themes.'1 weil rejoined the other although i do not believe the bible vet 1 would choose i fornix companion '".- iht iti is an cndlcxs book:*1 awful to contemplate a man more than half-sea over was observi 1 one day supporting the parapet ol the north bridge edinburgh shaking his head and repeating to himsi ll sadly : it must be done it must bed an old lady passing by thiuking he contemplated suicide said t him : what must lie bono my man .'" must go home and face nn wife was the woi t'ui answi r1 tn l'i;i i m iiii 11 tin 1 vll-ix . pour a wine-glassful of dry table - upon a sheet ol paper while the !.. i dry dip a metalie hair-brnsli or a bristle hair-brush into th salt rubbing it into the root of the hair appl daily until the hair ceas s to fall then discoi nc alum water will check the fall of hair that has become a tu rated and tl ed with the ns of oils acting us an as tringent a sti ng decoction of the herb boneset is a ;. a greenhat ( tdf washington may 18 â€” mrs freehman of gasconade coun ty mo while planting com placed a basket containing 70 in greenbacks by the side of ib field a call - rail we tt j_re.nba.-ks it v is immediately butchered and the fragments !â€¢â€¢â€¢ ivered from the stomach wi re to-day r lm ived at the treasury being fonnd all right â– - check was returned forthe full amount - ' ma mil rcgistt r his mother was mending i.i primer wliich showed sad < ids nee of wear and tear he looked on foi awhile in a brown study and then said m like onc of them prize opera singers f i in sure i don't know my child whi .'" lh - cause \ ou are a pi imer-dai m i ." a violin was sold in paris uot long for 5*4,200 and it is said to have been an old one at that what an idiot the man who bought it must h.iv been forty two hundred dollars for an old liiddle when he might ha . â€¢â– bo lit a dozen brand-new oni - foi om hall tlic inone ! the man who advertises i.i new papers to s fid direction th i will < liable .. m i - son to make two bun o .. i - his washer woman for three moutl * washing and was se .. few laysa o tr ing ;.. borrom five dollars to pa board bi a ity . liki t!ic i â€¢â– â– - 'â– -' - soon fades butthe divim excel leuce oi the mind like tin m dii â– . â€¢ â– â– " plaut rem ia in it w hen all t â– _â€¢â€¢:*. chai â€¢'â€¢â€¢* are wit here 1